UK launches BDUK

A new body - BDUK (Broadband Delivery UK) - has been formed to make sure that UK users can enjoy next-generation VoIP traffic by 2012, along with a host of other benefits which nationwide, two megabit per second broadband will bring.

The body - BDUK - was launched earlier this month by the Treasury.

Stephen Timms, the UK's minister for Digital Britain, said: "Taking advantage of new technologies like next-generation broadband is vital to the growth of the UK's economy and it's important that all homes and businesses can access the opportunities faster speeds bring."

The plan to offer 2Mbps (megabits per second) broadband to all UK households by 2012 will allow for next-generation VoIP communications across the country, easing and lowering the process and costs of calling the UK using a digital phone service from the UK.

It is hoped that the body will also serve as an effective overseer of the ISPs and telecoms as they play their part in upgrading the country's ageing broadband infrastructure for greater VoIP traffic effectiveness.